pinky issue 10

In honor of hitting 10 issues, this pinky is 2 issues in 1. Read it from the front if you're ready to confront your shame head-on, or read it from the back if you need examples of shamelessness to psych yourself up. To procure those examples, we had conversations with two highly-requested (by the GCS community) diaristic substackers, Mackenzie Thomas and Quincy Whipple, about the delicate balance of sharing and oversharing online; the girls & they of She's the He about growing out of queer, adolescent shame (hint: it may take longer than you think, but it will happen); and solo artist Ama about deflecting the shame that's been projected onto you by others in pursuit of your goals. Because when you step out of the shadows and own who you are, attention stops feeling like a threat and starts to feel like connection. This is our case for getting out of your own way and choosing to be seen for everything you are.

This issue was edited by Erica Rothman (prose) & Zoe Berger (poetry), under Editor-in-Chief, Halle Robbe; the lead photo story was creative directed by Trillium Bentley and photographed by Lamar Kendrick Dial; and the issue features contributions from Rosie Bruce, Charlotte Buckles, Grace Cancro, Janeya Cardenas, Jo Clark, Stella Collier, Brooke Cousins, Lamar Kendrick Dial, Mia Foster, Annika Gavlak, Alekia Gill, Mickey Green, Calista Hennie,  Sunny Hill, Madalyn Hochendoner, Karly Jacklin, Naomi James, Morgan Joyce, Emily Kendall, E. Yujin Kim, Sandhya Krishnaswamy, Alexandra Laguardia, Georgie Lewis, Kate Mahoney, Kayleigh Moran, Haley Montgomery, Emma Grace Mott,  Emma Newberry, Emma Oliver, Rosie O’Mahoney, Siobhan McCarthy, Missy Page, Anastasiia Pohorelova, Grace Puffer, Jasmine Rana, Halle Robbe, Erica Rothman, Sage Short,  Emilie Simonis, Eve Simpson, Tina Tully, Karina Vestmann, & Kaylee Walton.

This issue will ship & be digitally dispersed starting August 21st.